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Job Title: Senior Statutory Accountant

Location: Budapest

Contract Term: Permanent

About us

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value.

About the team

Financial Control as a department take ownership for the classification, consolidation and interpretation of financial data, the coordination and management of financial reporting (including the provision of insight, analysis and the accurate and timely delivery of end market budgets, management accounts and financial accounts) and the monitoring of financial risks.

The Statutory Compliance area within the Africa Financial Controlling is focusing on improving compliance with regulatory requirements with the implementation of Statutory Compliance agenda.

The role

• Produce complex statutory financial statements under IFRS/local GAAP for each financial year in line with timetable

• Provide analytical review of statutory accounts to provide meaningful explanation of the entity’s activities and performance during the year

• Ensure that the year-end financial statements are audit compliant and to secure that the served markets fully meet external and Diageo internal statutory reporting requirements.

• Ensure that statutory reporting is completed accurately and on time and that the surrounding internal control procedures are robust and sustainable and are strictly adhered to in lines with CARM processes

• Take ownership for the monthly/quarterly controlling for the respective Profit and Loss / Balance sheet area and/or the entity in total

• Continuously supervise the respective Profit and Loss and Balance sheet accounts for any inconsistencies

• Ensure smooth and accurate month-end reviews

• Prepare quality reconciliations through deep understanding of the figures supported, reported

• Coordinate planning with markets, sense check and validate the bottom-up results to the top-down expectation

About you

• Degree educated in relevant finance / business

• 2-3 years of experience in Financial Accounting / Reporting, and/or Statutory Accounting

• Experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment from professional services audit background

• Excellent written and spoken English

• MS Office applications and SAP FI and SAP BW

Benefits of working here

• Unique Family Leave opportunity

• We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world

• You will deal with world class brand portfolio

• Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities

• Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop

• We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym

• Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar

Inclusion & Diversity

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Budapest

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2024-04-05

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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